TO: Urban Renewal Agency Board
THROUGH: Keith Stahley, Executive Director
FROM: Josh Eggleston, Chief Financial Officer
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Authorizing the Issuance and Negotiated Sale of the Jory Apartments TIF District Short-Term Subordinate Urban Renewal Bond, Series 2024
Ward(s): All Wards
Councilor(s): All Board Members
Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods
Result Area(s): Good Governance; Safe, Reliable and Efficient Infrastructure; Strong and Diverse Economy.
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SUMMARY:
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The use of tax increment revenue collected by the Urban Renewal Agency (URA) through property taxes is limited by State statute to debt repayments. The URA utilizes both long-term and short-term (du jour) debt issuances to finance projects identified in an urban renewal area plan. Du jour loans are generally used to fund smaller capital projects, projects with a short completion schedule and annual operating costs.
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ISSUE:
Shall the Urban Renewal Agency adopt Resolution No. 24-02 URA authorizing the issuance of a short-term bond in an amount not to exceed $485,000 to pay for the costs of the urban renewal projects in the Jory Apartments TIF District Urban Renewal Area?
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt Resolution No. 24-02 URA authorizing the issuance of a short-term bond in an amount not to exceed $485,000 to pay for the costs of the urban renewal projects in the Jory Apartments TIF District Urban Renewal Area.
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FACTS AND FINDINGS:
In Oregon, tax-increment (property tax revenue) generated from an Urban Renewal Area can only be spent on debt. In order for the funding to be available for projects and programs within each area, the Agency completes the du jour borrowing, or overnight borrowing, process. The Agency enters into an agreement with a bank that loans funds to the Agency, which the Agency then pays back the next day using the tax-increment revenue. Through this process the Agency is able to use tax-increment funds for purposes other than debt.
Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Chapter 457 authorizes an urban renewal agency to incur debt for the purpose of financing urban renewal projects, and to repay the debt and borrowing costs with tax increment revenue (urban renewal area property taxes). Resolution No. 24-02 URA (Attachment 1) authorizes a short-term loan agreement for the Jory Apartments TIF District URA. The City and Agency’s Bond Counsel, Hawkins, Delafield & Wood LLP, has worked with the US Bank National Association to prepare the proposed bond purchase agreement and related loan documents.
If approved by the Agency Board, funding and closing for the $485,000 Jory Apartments District TIF URA loan is expected to occur on February 29, 2024, with payoff occurring the next day, March 1, 2024. The bond will bear interest at the US Bank Prime Rate minus two (2) percent, calculated on an actual / 360-day basis.
BACKGROUND:
Short-term du jour borrowings have been a regular occurrence for many years and have been facilitated through either intergovernmental borrowing between the City’s General Fund and the Agency, or through external financing. Short-term du jour borrowings are included in the Agency’s budget each year depending on need and availability of tax increment revenue within each Urban Renewal Area.
Kelli Blechschmidt
Management Analyst II
Attachments:
1. Resolution No. 24-02 URA